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[edit] Youngest Undisputed Heavyweight champion
Patterson was born January 4, 1935 and became undisputed heavyweight champion of the world on November 30, 1956. That makes him 21 years, 8 months and 26 days old at the time.
Mike Tyson was born June 30, 1966. He won the WBC title on November 22, 1986, the WBA on March 7, 1987, and the IBF on August 1, 1987. That makes him: 20 years, 3 months, and 23 days for the WBC; 20 years, 7 months, 8 days for the WBA; and 21 years, 1 month, and 2 days for the IBF and thus undisputed title. No matter how you cut it, Tyson was younger than Patterson. --Ektar 06:34, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Subject to Debate, but Floyd was youngest
Remember, when Tyson beat Spinks on 6 27 1988, he was almost 22, remember, Spinks was linear champion, therefore since Spinks came back (for the money) that makes him a champion to beat, thus by beating him, Tyson became true champ, remember, I've read this and it makes sense, it does not matter how many champs you may have, only one counts. Floyd is lineal champion, still youngest at 21, 10 months. On May 2 1956 he was moved to heavyweight division, after rocky marciano retired, with fifth rating, he was quickly moved to fourth position.
[edit] Nationality
Isn't it a bit pedantic to say "US American" for his nationality? If people object to the term "American" without qualifiers, why not just say "Nationality: USA" or "Nationality: US". I've never heard anyone in practice referred to as a "US American" in my life. -- HowardW Aug 28, 2006
[edit] Marciano vs Patterson
I thought, I share few words with the public. Well... I was browsing thru some various boxing sites, there are some strange people out there, but wow, you can find something for everybody. Many people criticize the Rock (49-0-0) for avoiding Floyd. But that is not true. I will not go into details here. But somebody just told me that back in the old glory days of boxing (let's face it, boxers today are really bad, except for few who barely go the distance) YOU HAD TO BE 21 TO FIGHT 15 ROUNDS. Ok, Jan 4 1956, Floyd was to fight rocky, 2.5 minutes, 2 rounds exhibition in Los Angeles, CA, big deal. Nobody cared. Meaning, if Rocky was to fight Floyd, you would have to wait until January 1957 AT LEAST. He was a ranked light-weight, he was never a ranked heavy-weight. So, there you have, but earliest Floyd could have fought Rocky, it would have been Jan 6 1956, that was Friday. He would have been destroyed, he simply had no experience with the real heavy-weights. What more can I say. Somebody sent me some links on Rocky vs Baker, I do not know, but this bothers me. Jim Norris did not arrange the fight on time. Baker-Valdez fight was December 7th 1955, if you want to fight January 2 1956, you have to organize that fight earlier. Norris did say he wished to match the winner of Valdez-Baker match in February 1956, thus we had Baker-Hurricane match. SO it's safe to assume, February 3rd 1956 would have been Rocky's last bout and Baker was 13-0, Baker's dozen. 45-5 total. So i thought, have Baker fight Patterson. If there was a time machine, the winner to fight Rocky, best opponents with best records of their respectable eras. I just thought I share this with boxing fans. Patterson-Rocky 1956, no contest at all.Boxingwear
[edit] Photograph of grave of Floyd Patterson
Yesterday I uploaded a photograph of the grave of Floyd Patterson into this article. Somebody deleted it almost immediately. I have reinserted the photograph of his grave into this article. I cannot understand why somebody deleted the original upload of Floyd Patterson's grave. It is additional work for me to upload the image a second time. Too many people are doing the wrong editing on Wikipedia.
Anthony22 23:41, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well dont bother here, get pics somewhere else!
[edit] Floyd Patterson heavyweight on May 2 1956
Floyd was moved to heavyweight division on that day from light heavyweight. Originally he wanted to fight archie for light heavyweight title, then move on and get benefits, Moore was lucky rocky retired, thus kept his title! Keep in mind Floyd is still youngest lineal heavyweight champ at 21 & 10 months, Tyson is at 21, 11 months, 27 days! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.22.123.124 (talk) 00:35, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
